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A nonparametric quantity-of-quality approach to assessing financial asset return performance

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  • M. Ryan Haley

    (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh)

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This paper adapts two recent developments from the bibliometric literature to the problem of assessing the return performance of a financial asset. The result is a quantity-of-quality metric, which is both nonparametric and moment-free. As such, it offers a nonstandard perspective on the informational patterns in asset returns, and accordingly can complement traditional moment-based asset evaluation methods. The proposed approach is simple to apply, and while moment-free, captures intuitively important aspects of asset performance such as location, upside potential, downside risk, and volatility. It can also be expressed as a reward-to-risk ratio, which serves as a counterpart to the Sharpe ratio. Empirical and simulation results suggest that, relative to the Sharpe ratio, the proposed approach prefers assets with moderately higher means and standard deviations, and more favorable skewness.

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  • M. Ryan Haley, 2018. "A nonparametric quantity-of-quality approach to assessing financial asset return performance," Annals of Finance, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 343-351, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:annfin:v:14:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s10436-018-0319-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10436-018-0319-2
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    Keywords

    Nonparametric estimation; Moment-free decision models; h-index; e-index;
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    • G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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